Andy Murray led Novak Djokovic by a set, 5-4 and 30-0 in the final of the
Shanghai Rolex Masters yesterday — they were starting to attach the usual
blue and white ribbons to the trophy — and played a backhand lob that should
have delivered him the first of three match points.

There was nothing Djokovic could do but retreat, attempt an audacious “through
the legs” shot and swallow his medicine.

He accomplished the first two parts superbly but was not willing to accede to
the third. Murray should have chased the lob in, but did not and it was this
momentary